Leilani Estates vs Pahoa

A side-by-side comparison of Leilani Estates and Pahoa: population, income, housing, and more.

Leilani Estates and Pahoa are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pahoa has the higher population (1,430 vs 1,415 in Leilani Estates). Pahoa has the higher median household income ($55,903 vs $23,177 in Leilani Estates). Pahoa has the higher median home value ($312,500 vs $237,300 in Leilani Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Leilani Estates	Pahoa
Population	1,415	1,430
Median age	52.4 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$23,177	$55,903
Median home value	$237,300	$312,500
Median gross rent	$1,295	$819
Housing units	826	457
Homeownership rate	82.4%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leilani Estates	Pahoa
Population	1,576 → 1,415 (-10.2%)	805 → 1,430 (+77.6%)
Median household income	$37,632 → $23,177 (-38.4%)	$48,816 → $55,903 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$213,300 → $237,300 (+11.3%)	$228,400 → $312,500 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $1,295 (+94.4%)	$838 → $819 (-2.3%)

Leilani Estates

Population

1,5761,415

Median household income

$37,632$23,177

Median home value

$213,300$237,300

Median gross rent

$666$1,295

Pahoa

Population

8051,430

Median household income

$48,816$55,903

Median home value

$228,400$312,500

Median gross rent

$838$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leilani Estates	Pahoa
Under 5	2.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	7.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	19.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	21.7%	15.3%
75 and over	4.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leilani Estates	Pahoa
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	23.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	45.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	9.2%	3.1%
Some other race	1.0%	7.3%
Two or more races	21.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leilani Estates	Pahoa
No high school diploma	6.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	29.2%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leilani Estates	Pahoa
Drove alone	69.1%	94.8%
Carpooled	11.8%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	5.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	1.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leilani Estates	Pahoa
1-unit, detached	98.4%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leilani Estates	Pahoa
Poverty rate	34.8%	33.6%
Average household size	2.08	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1995	1974